Sex Hormones Enhance Gingival Inflammation without Affecting IL-1β and TNF-α in Periodontally Healthy Women during Pregnancy

Table 3

Periodontal parameters in pregnant group and nonpregnant group ().

Group	PPD (mm)	GI	BI	PLI
Pr group ()
First trimester	2.282 ± 0.267	1.205 ± 0.109	1.217 ± 0.135	0.598 ± 0.098
Second trimester	2.336 ± 0.250	1.357 ± 0.152	1.360 ± 0.194	0.603 ± 0.110
Third trimester	2.411 ± 0.249	1.485 ± 0.169	1.510 ± 0.223	0.610 ± 0.097
N-Pr group ()
First month	2.235 ± 0.253	1.250 ± 0.126	1.145 ± 0.079	0.570 ± 0.060
Second month	2.225 ± 0.233	1.235 ± 0.108	1.237 ± 0.113	0.590 ± 0.076
	2.40	19.76	19.98	0.64
	0.0536	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.6373

Pr group: pregnancy group; N-Pr group: nonpregnancy group; PPD: periodontal pocket depth; GI: gingival index; BI: bleeding index; PLI: plaque index. Different letters represent significant difference.